Transatlantic route record · UK CAA departure punctuality
MAN→LAS
Manchester to Las Vegas
- Flights
- 162 both ways
- Carriers
- 1
- Distance
- 5,074 mi
- Period
- September 2025 to August 2026
Over the twelve months to August 2026, 75.3% of departures from Manchester to Harry Reid International left within 15 minutes of their planned time, from 73 flights the UK Civil Aviation Authority matched to a schedule. That is about a point behind the 76.4% recorded across every UK departure to the United States, and it ranks 25th of the 50 UK-to-US routes with a usable record. About one flight in four left at least 15 minutes behind schedule, and 0 of 73 scheduled departures, 0.0%, did not operate at all.
The route's 75.3% is a decline of 11 points from the same months a year earlier, when 85.9% left on time. Across every departure from the 25 UK airports the CAA reports, to any destination, 72.4% left within 15 minutes in the same period; transatlantic departures run slightly better than the UK average, partly because wide-body long-haul flights are scheduled with more slack than short-haul rotations. A single carrier accounts for almost every departure, so the route figure and the airline figure are the same number.
Key figures
Left on time
75.3%
Within 15 minutes of schedule, of 73 departures (CAA)
Avg delay
17 min
Across all departures, early counted as zero
Cancelled
0.00%
All UK-to-US departures: 2.16%
3+ hours late
1.37%
The UK261 compensation threshold
9.6% of departures left more than an hour late, and 1.37% left three hours or more behind schedule, roughly one flight in 50. Three hours at arrival is the threshold at which UK261 compensation becomes payable, £520 a passenger on a sector of this length; the CAA measures the departure, so a flight in that band left the gate three hours late, which is not quite the same test but rarely ends differently after seven hours over the Atlantic. The average delay across every matched departure, early ones counted as zero, was 16.8 minutes, against 14.2 for all UK-to-US departures.
Carrier by carrier
Which airline leaves MAN for LAS on time
Virgin Atlantic is the only carrier the DOT report shows on MAN to LAS, with 162 flights and an average of 226 passengers aboard each. A single-carrier route gives a delayed passenger no same-day alternative on the same ticket, which is worth knowing before booking a tight onward connection.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virgin Atlanticthin sample | 73 | 75.3% | 17 min | 0.00% | B+ |
Flights are scheduled departures in the CAA file, operated plus cancelled; on time is within 15 minutes of the planned off-block time. The DOT count below includes the return direction and may differ.
How late is late
How delays on MAN to LAS are distributed
- Early15+ min early0.0%
- On timeup to 15 min late75.3%
- 16–30 min9.6%
- 31–60 min5.5%
- 1–2 hours5.5%
- 2–3 hours2.7%
- 3–6 hourscompensation threshold1.4%
- Over 6 hours0.0%
Scale runs 0% to 100%.
Across the year
When MAN to LAS runs late
The DOT's international report puts 28 flights on the pair in August 2025, the busiest month of the window, and 0 in March 2026, the thinnest. A summer-to-winter swing of that size means the winter schedule is a different operation: fewer frequencies, so a cancellation leaves a longer wait for the next seat.
Flights per month, both directions
- July 202526
- August 202528
- September 202526
- October 202520
- November 20250
- December 20250
- January 20260
- February 20260
- March 20260
- April 20268
- May 202627
- June 202627
The DOT's international report counts flights in both directions together: 162 between MAN and LAS from July 2025 to June 2026, about two departures a week in each direction, carrying 36,615 passengers. That makes it the 4th busiest of 5 US routes from Manchester and the 4th busiest of 6 European routes into LAS.
The return leg
LAS to MAN: arrivals back into Manchester
Coming the other way, 78.4% of arrivals from Harry Reid International into Manchester reached the gate within 15 minutes of schedule, across 74 flights. 39% arrived more than 15 minutes early, which is normal for an eastbound crossing with the jet stream behind it and a schedule padded for the days it is not. 0.00% of those arrivals were three hours or more late, the figure that decides a compensation claim on the return trip, and 0.0% were cancelled.
Arrived on time
78.4%
Within 15 minutes, of 74 arrivals
Early
39.2%
More than 15 minutes ahead of schedule
Cancelled
0.00%
3+ hours late
0.00%
Arrival delay, the compensation test
- Early15+ min early39.2%
- On timeup to 15 min late39.2%
- 16–30 min6.8%
- 31–60 min4.1%
- 1–2 hours8.1%
- 2–3 hours2.7%
- 3–6 hourscompensation threshold0.0%
- Over 6 hours0.0%
Scale runs 0% to 100%.
The departure airport
How Manchester is running
EUROCONTROL's figures for Manchester as a whole, every airline and every destination: 63.6% of departures and 65.7% of arrivals within 15 minutes of schedule from 1 January to 21 October 2026, with 96.2% of scheduled flights operated. The last seven days ran at 62.4% for departures, about a point worse than the year so far. Air traffic flow management delay attributed to the airport averaged 0.9 minutes per arriving flight this year, 0.4 over the last week.
| Window | Departures on time | Arrivals on time | Schedules operated | ATFM delay / arrival |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yesterday (21 October 2026) | 76.7% | 81.9% | 95.1% | 0.0 min |
| Last 7 days | 62.4% | 68.4% | 96.8% | 0.4 min |
| Year to date | 63.6% | 65.7% | 96.2% | 0.9 min |
Every US route from Manchester, and its full punctuality record
The arrival airport
Landing at Harry Reid International
Harry Reid International is scored on this site from the DOT's domestic data: 76.9% of its 171,844 domestic departures arrived on time over the last twelve months, with delayed flights running about an hour late, and 0.90% were cancelled. Those are domestic flights, not this route, but an arriving transatlantic flight shares the same runways, the same weather and the same ground delay programmes, so a bad day at LAS reaches a flight from MAN just as surely. The airport's own page has the hour-by-hour and month-by-month detail, and its live FAA status appears above when the FAA has something to say.
Domestic on time
76.9%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late (DOT)
Avg delay
62 min
Delayed domestic flights only
Cancelled
0.90%
Domestic departures
171,844
Last twelve months
Harry Reid International (LAS) delay statistics, hour by hour and month by month
Your rights
UK261 on MAN to LAS
Every flight that departs Manchester falls under UK261, the retained version of the EU regulation, whichever airline flies it and wherever it lands. If it arrives at Harry Reid International three hours or more late, or is cancelled with under 14 days' notice, and the cause was within the airline's control, each passenger is owed £520 (£260 if the airline got you there under four hours late), on top of rebooking and care. Weather, air traffic control restrictions and strikes outside the airline are the usual exemptions. The return flight from LAS is covered only when the carrier is UK or EU based. The sector is about 5,074 miles, 8,164 km, which puts it in the top distance band.
Delayed three hours or more? Check a claim with Compensair →
What to do with this
Booking MAN to LAS
Booked blind, MAN to LAS is a B+ route by the departure record, and there is no carrier choice to make. Leave at least two hours for any onward connection at LAS: 10% of departures were an hour or more late, and immigration comes before the connecting flight.
Common questions
MAN to LAS questions
How often are MAN to LAS flights delayed?
About one flight in four leaves Manchester at least 15 minutes behind schedule, 24.7% of the 73 departures the CAA matched between September 2025 and August 2026. 9.6% left more than an hour late and 1.37% three hours or more. A further 0.0% of scheduled departures were cancelled.
Which airlines fly MAN to LAS?
Virgin Atlantic. Virgin Atlantic accounted for 100% of the 162 flights the DOT counted on the pair.
Can I claim compensation for a delayed MAN to LAS flight?
Yes, if the flight arrived three hours or more late or was cancelled at short notice for a reason within the airline's control: departures from Manchester are covered by UK261 whichever airline operates them. The fixed amount for a sector of this length is £520 a passenger, £260 if the airline got you there under four hours late. On this route 1.37% of departures left three hours or more late over the last twelve months. The return from LAS is covered only on a UK or EU carrier.
How punctual is the return leg, LAS to MAN?
78.4% of arrivals from Harry Reid International reached the gate at Manchester within 15 minutes of schedule across 74 flights, and 39% arrived more than 15 minutes early, as eastbound crossings often do. 0.0% were cancelled.
Related
Where to go next
- Manchester (MAN): every US route
- Harry Reid International (LAS) delay statistics
- MAN to MCO, Orlando (MCO)1,208 flights
- MAN to JFK, New York (JFK)965 flights
- MAN to ATL, Atlanta (ATL)628 flights
- MAN to MLB, Melbourne (MLB)121 flights
- LHR to LAS, from London1,714 flights
- AMS to LAS, from Amsterdam536 flights
- FRA to LAS, from Frankfurt413 flights
- ZRH to LAS, from Zurich158 flights
- Every Europe-to-US route and airport
The departure record is the CAA's, measured at Manchester; the arrival record for the return leg is also measured at Manchester. Nothing here is measured at LAS, where the DOT keeps no record of international flights.
Sources: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, International Report (flights and passengers by carrier and airport pair), July 2025 to June 2026; UK Civil Aviation Authority punctuality statistics, September 2025 to August 2026; EUROCONTROL Aviation Intelligence Portal, airport punctuality and ATFM delay to 21 October 2026. Rebuilt 22 October 2026; the EUROCONTROL figures refresh with each weekly build, the others when their publisher releases a month. How these sources differ.